The Washington critic., 1887-01-08

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iniemperanco everywhere was the story
OF heavy, over.eating OF animal fool in
highly seasoned forms. The unendlng
pork and bacon of the South and West,
the excessive meat eating In our gre It
cities. all create an abnormal thirst
which only powerful stlmulant can
satisfy. do not need TO go into physl
illogical details, but you know that
flesh digests more rapidly than vegc-
tables, certain principles II contains
being more quickly absorbed, and CIV
ing sense of strength which is sllmu-
lalioD, but not real building up.
a preponderance of vegetables and
fruit is necessary, which assimila,e
more slowly, and do not create the
thirst which follows inevitably on tax
ing too much meat, just because au
over.supply eXcites the stomach and
produces excessive action. There IS Il
regular circle of cause and effect. The
stomach, weakened by over.stimula.
ton, develops gasirilis, which includes
excessive thirst. Animal food keeps
up the g0stritls by over stimulation
and taxation of the affected organs;
the gastritis eXcites thirst, and thirst
perpctuates drunkenness.
Our system Of living had all been
wrong, for both John and the children,
and | was directly responsible for the
development of the tendency showing
itself In my little Stephen. We were
all rather light caters, but accustomed
TO consider meat essential at least twice
n day, and using condiments and many
highly seasoned pickles freely. Curry
was Johns favOrite dish, and while |
did not allow Stephen or Harry to eat
this, gave them all the meat they
wanted, and hardly noticed their inlif.
ference TO vegetables and fruits.
Instead of weakening the tendency,
and gradually eliminating II altogether,
/ had lived as If bent upon developing
1t TO the utmost, aud our habits were so
firmly fixed that the change would
mean probably months or years of eff.
fort. thought Of 1t all as sat there,
but all must wait Till one thing was
settled.
Together we faced what must he
done. saw John break those horrible
bottles, and then, holding my hands as
If / were the only thing between him
and pordition, vow that while reason
was left him no drop of the curse
should ever touch his lips again. The
next day we left everything behind
and journeyed to quiet retreat, where
other men in the same condition had
gone through their struggle before him,
and then our work began.
God spare me from ever looking upon
such another struggled Each day
death seemed nearer. The agony Of
craving was something unimaginablo-
cot L..
could not sleep. There were minutes
when II seemed as If must yield, and
give him something that would relieve
the deathly exhaustion but DIR. j. was
firm, and John no less so.
'If die he said, lit will be be.
cause have forfeited my right to live.
Death is better than the ignOble living,
the shame, of the last two years
mean to live If can, but be glad If |
cannot, my darling, that died fight.
ing, God knows the temptations. If
there is way of escape, lie will grant
II to me"
Out of the depths he came at last
weak as an infant, worn to shadow
of his old self, but lying there with
peace, quiet In his eyes that they had
never known, for at last the craving
was stilled, and, as he came back to
health, there was no return. But we
found there was no safety, save In the
most rigid adherence to the regimen
laid down-meat only once day, and
then beef or mutton preferable, brolled
or roasted, never fried or highly
seasoned and never allowed to include
pork In any form; much fruit yegeta.
blcs, grains in every form, but no pas.
try; in short, nothing that demanded
unnatural labor Of the stomach, or
could create unnatural thirst. John
studied the subject with the same
cagerness l had felt, discussing every
detail with the doctor.
at Is In our hands, after all, he
said, the day before we were to leave.
"Why is II that these things are never
could not be made to understand that
drunkenness is not a vice, but a dis
ease, and curnble by natural methods.
There are hopeless cases, rs there is
hopeless disease, but God does not
leave us helpless. We can know if we
will"
II was hard pull for the children.
But Stephen was wiser than his years.
He saw what his father gave up. John
told him all that he could of the rea.
sons for it, and though it was months
before they became accustomed to the
new order, and was in terror some.
times lest their strength would never
be fully theirs, 1t came at last and has
stayed.
When Stephen was IL years old,
John told him the whole, and 1t bound
the two in partnership of effort and
understanding, more perfect than any
thing / have ever known between
father and son. Temptation has come
for both, but the remedy is in their
own hands, and they know 1t.
Stephen became q physician nNtu.
rally, and holds the theory, which he
practices just as far as his patients
allow, that nature offers natural means
of cure for any and every disease-air,
sunshine. sleep and food being able,
nine times out of ten, to cure, while
their joint forces understaudlngly
used from the beginning of life,
| guarantee manhood and woman
hood not yet believed possible for tue
world, but q possession that will be the
natural life Of that better future Of
| which we dream, for which we labor
and which is Gods own meaning for
us all.-lThc CongregOtlonaltst.
In the Police Court.
Joseph Q. Fowler was charged In the Po-